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I Found My Answer

Finally! An answer to my lifelong question that I have spent so much time thinking about. I’m sure all of you here would like to know the answer to the question too: Why is Zi Dong so perverted???

Now, now, before you girls (especially Renly, Pat, MJ, CM, Jinni, Crystal and Kristy) start blaming me for every perverted thought, speech or actions of mine during the our secondary school days, it’s time to look into the mirror and ask yourself the question, are you to be blamed too? Well, according to a reputable source, Malaysian school uniforms are actually sexy.

http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2008/5/22/nation/21326822&sec=nation

Quote:

KUALA LUMPUR: A Malaysian group condemned the uniform worn by girls at government schools, saying it encouraged rape and pre-marital sex.

“The white blouse is too transparent for girls and it becomes a source of attraction,” National Islamic Students Association of Malaysia vice-president Munirah Bahari said in a statement.

“It becomes a distraction to men, who are drawn to it, whether or not they like looking at it,” she said, calling for a review of uniform policy so that it did not violate Islamic ideals.

Given that you girls tempt me with such sexy uniforms everyday, can I solely be blamed for those perverted thoughts?

Look at the above, aren’t they sexy? Come on, being a normal hot-blooded guy, how can one not have perverted thoughts? It’s already a great feat that my eyes never pop out whenever I’m with you sexy girls.

So, you should be grateful to all the self-control that I exerted on myself throughout all these years. So, the next time you want to blame me for being a pervert, remove those temptations first. Then we can talk.

p/s: The post is satirical. This means: DON’T SUE ME!

Got My Survivor Today!

No, this is not an entry about the Survivor Rap from Phua Chu Kang. This is an entry about my new Corsair Survivor (non-GT) 8GB USB flash drive that just arrived less than 3 hours ago. I’ve been waiting for this baby to arrive for almost an entire week, and naturally I’m excited.

If you’re wondering about what got me so excited, for one, it’s the price - I paid about RM 250 or £39 for my Survivor. Now, why on Earth would someone in their sane mind purchase something that costs more than 2.5x of any other fully-functional, albeit ordinary USB stick which can be purchased for less than RM 100?

Lo and behold the world’s most rugged USB flash drive:

The Survivor is encased in CNC-milled, anodized aircraft-grade aluminum, which provides the foundation for its extreme ruggedness. Needless to say, it is both shock resistant and water resistant up to 200 meters. Revealing the contents of the package, we have a Corsair dog tag and a USB extension cable along with the Survivor itself.

To use the Survivor requires one to unscrew one side of the casing. I cannot help to notice that Survivor is indeed built to precision as everytime I screw the cap back, it always ends up at the same spot.

There are tonnes of glorious reviews on the ruggedness of Survivor available on the Internet, most of it done by professional reviewers and thus, I shall skip the ruggedness test. For your convenience, I have provided links below to those reviews so that you can view them at your pleasure. Instead, I shall just mention in brief about the survivor instincts of Survivor:

• It survived the pressure test of being run over multiple times by a 2 tonne four-wheel drive.
• It passed the crucial washing machine and dryer test
• It still works perfectly after staying inside a cube of ice in the freezer for more than 12 hour
• It refuses to be cooked by boiling water

Although I skipped the ruggedness test, I did do a speed test to see the real world performance of Survivor. After all, what use does it do if it function like a giant tortoise when plugged into the USB port? Armed with a stopwatch, I conducted 3 tests:

1. Copying many MP3 files (total size 1.03 GB, average MP3 file of size 4 MB) from my computer to Survivor took 196 seconds - An average write speed of 5.38 MB/s
2. Copying one large AVI file (size 700 MB) into Survivor took 89 seconds - An average write speed of 7.87 MB/s
3. Copying one large AVI file (size 700 MB) from the Survivor into my laptop took 39 seconds - An average read speed of 17.94 MB/s

I don’t really have a yardstick to measure as this is the only flash drive that I have at the moment, but do feel free to test the speed of your flash drive and post comments below.

Official Site: Corsair Memory - Survivor

Reviews: Everything USB, Phoronix

Comparison Reviews: Core Computers, Driver Heaven

Some of the reviews above are for the Survivor GT version, which is a faster version of Survivor. However, mine is a non-GT version (GT version costs more than twice of the non-GTs, can’t afford them) and thus, the speed review is not a description of the Survivor that I currently own. Nevertheless, the ruggedness and everything else are the same for both editions.

As a final note, I’ve read Corsair’s support forum and they seems to have a great support for their product range. Did I mention that the Survivor comes with a 10-year warranty? This means that if there are problems with your Survivor even after using it for 2 years, they will replace them for free. :)

And I thought all bloggers are geeks

Goodness sake. I really cannot believe my eyes when I discovered that not all bloggers are geeks. Ok, let’s begin from the start. Back in 2003/2004 when Tai Leong was fooling around with blogs, I knew believe that ALL blogger are either geeks, nerds, or socially retarded people who looks like this:

They are either those who really love computers, have too much free time in their hands or have a vendetta against their ex-girlfriends. Back then, bloggers = guys. Not just regular guys, mind you, but those are guys who are socially inept.

My surprise began when I read a post on KennySia.com about Malaysian Dreamgirl (MDG), and naturally, being The Great Pervert, I decided to look it up. And boy, I am in for a surprise. Those girls that are in the Top 12 are hot girls, and guess what, at least 2 of them are bloggers. One of them is even the winner of the MDG contest. Here’s a picture of them:

Seriously, check them out! No more is blogging exclusively the realm of society’s rejects. It’s an open market where flocks of folks who, for myriad reasons, want to share things with the general public.

I guess my computing and Internet knowledge is still very much trapped in the wormhole of year 2003; how naive of me. I think it’s a sign that I’m beginning to lose touch with the forefront of technological fads, which I think could be good! :-) It means that I’m no more a mere teenage brat, and I’m moving onto the adult world. Adults are naturally a bit slower in their adoption of newer things, as we know, so it’s only natural that I’m slower in knowing about this, right?

But I really think I should do more reading. Otherwise, I’ll really lag behind. I guess it’s high time to upgrade my brain from Pentium 3 to the latest Pentium 6. Or is it Pentium 5 now?

Twin Dolphins Stress Test

Hey peeps, guess I decided to make a post after seeing TL’s constant pestering that all of us should make a post. So, I beat the rest of the barghers (e.g. CY, CB, MJ, Pat,…… etc) here to their first post afterall. :D

When I was in the Humanities buildings of my university, I came across something interesting, and I thought that I ought to share it here. As all of you know, stress is a part of our life, and managing it is the key to a happy life. Thus, I present this stress test for your convenience, generic, but rather accurate.

The following photo has 2 identical dolphins in it. It was used in a case study on stress level at St. Mary’s Hospital. Look at both dolphins jumping out of the water. The dolphins are identical.

A closely monitored, scientific study of a group revealed that in spite of the fact that the dolphins are identical, a person under stress would find differences in the two dolphins. The more differences a person find, the higher stress level the particular person has.

Look at the photograph. If you find more than a few differences, I seriously suggest that you take a vacation. You really need it.

Twin Dolphin Stress Test

Never take life too seriously, nobody ever comes out of it alive anyway. :)